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Ichirou

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Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« on: January 10, 2008, 10:51:34 PM »
February issue will be their last.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-09/newtype-usa-to-cease-publication

I dug their DVDs, though I think I stopped buying the magazine back in 2003.
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 11:16:22 PM »
No, I don't.
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2008, 11:33:07 PM »
I have no clue what you're talking about.  Like I said in the OP, I haven't read an anime-related magazine since 2003.  And I've never seen Afro Samurai.
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2008, 11:41:16 PM »
seeing the covers of newtype usa I can see why they failed
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2008, 11:41:29 PM »
how  is this sad news
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2008, 11:48:33 PM »
i bet you animerica is cheering right this second

and i also am betting that animerica still has 100 dollar sucription fee
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2008, 11:51:30 PM »
I think play magazine has a section on anime and shit

I think the only reason I remember this is because I read one just to see how much it sucks
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2008, 11:54:20 PM »
Newtype USA was pretty good in terms of images and shit, gave you a good vibe as to what a show was like.  Plus, the DVDs had free episodes of anime, it was good if you wanted to find out what a show was about.
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Vizzys

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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2008, 11:58:33 PM »
look how awesome this cover is




id buy THAT for a dollar
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2008, 12:19:58 AM »
i bet you animerica is cheering right this second

and i also am betting that animerica still has 100 dollar sucription fee

Nope. According to ANN and the main site it's free. Theres one given out at Cons and another one which is the standard format thats released "Quarterly" for free at Borders, Waldenbooks and Best Buy.

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Hahahah wow I used to be into Animerica at the height of my japafag phase and then Newtype came out and it was the best thing ever, and then I turned 16.
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2008, 12:51:21 AM »
Newtype USA sez "Every ADV show ever is awesome! Buy them all!"
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2008, 01:02:40 AM »
fear not distinguished mentally-challenged newtype usa subscribers, you get a new magazine PiQ

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-10/a.d-vision-to-replace-newtype-usa-with-piq-in-march
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2008, 01:11:06 AM »
Sounds a lot like Otaku USA
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2008, 01:37:16 AM »
ADV shows tend to be fucking cheap on DVD.

Dai-Guard, 26 episode TV show which is really good...only ten bucks thanks to a sale on ADV's website.
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2008, 02:07:23 AM »
Everyone go read the entries on Wapanese and Otaku on Encyclopedia Dramatica if you haven't already.  The site can be NSFW depending on the entry, though.

Sounds a lot like Otaku USA

Is that seriously the name of an anime magazine?   :S

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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2008, 08:18:46 AM »
the only anime magazine i ever found to be worth reading is Protoculture Addicts.

They're the people who told me about Evangelion and porco rosso and such before the internet.
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2008, 09:17:58 AM »
Chris Johnston, former EGM news editor and Newtype USA senior editor, left recently.  I guess he saw the writing on the wall.  The problem with Newtype was that it was hyper-niche and expensive to produce.
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Re: Fellow Japafags, sad news. Newtype USA is dead.
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2008, 09:18:50 AM »
Didn't magweasel work for Newtype?  :-\

Yes.  Kevin Gifford.  I believe so.  Hopefully, he was something else lined up.